Preeta, a family friend from Barbados, is considering immigrating to Canada. Before making the move, she asks for your thoughts and advice. She currently works as a nurse and does not have any potential job prospects in Canada. Many of her family members have moved to Canada and have been urging her to do the same. What should she do?
Curriculum expectations:
Knowledge and understanding
Identify the push and pull factors that influence people to move (e.g., push: drought,war, lack of freedom, discrimination and persecution; pull: employment opportunities, security, climate)
Identify barriers to migration (e.g., physical, financial, legal, political, emotional)
Inquiry/research and communication skills
Formulate questions to guide and analyse research on migration and mobility (e.g.,What barriers exist today for new immigrants? Where would be the best place to migrate to in Canada?)
Communicate the results of inquiries for specific purposes and audiences, using computer slide shows, videos, websites, oral presentations, written notes and reports, illustrations, tables, charts, maps, etc.
Application
Use a decision-making model to select an ideal place to live, and present this decision to other members of the class
Task 1: Identify
Brainstorm possible reasons for Preeta to leave Barbados and come to Canada. What are the problems that she will encounter?
Teacher’s notes: students may want to use a graphic organizer to weigh the push and pull factors.
Task 2: Investigate
What is the process for immigrating to Canada? What other affairs will Preeta have to organize before the move?
Teacher’s notes: possible paths of investigation may be the application process to immigrate legally, the transfer of nursing credential, and barriers to immigration.
Task 3: Communicate
Discuss with the class whether you think Preeta should immigrate to Canada. Have your peers brought any new information to light?
Teacher’s notes: students may benefit from a class debate on whether Preeta should immigrate.
Task 4: Demonstration of learning
Make a decision as to whether to think Preeta should move. Demonstrate the reasons for your choice in a multimedia presentation.
Grade 8 Geography Migration
Problem:
Preeta, a family friend from Barbados, is considering immigrating to Canada. Before making the move, she asks for your thoughts and advice. She currently works as a nurse and does not have any potential job prospects in Canada. Many of her family members have moved to Canada and have been urging her to do the same. What should she do?
Curriculum expectations:
Knowledge and understanding
Inquiry/research and communication skills
Application
Task 1:
Identify
Brainstorm possible reasons for Preeta to leave Barbados and come to Canada. What are the problems that she will encounter?
Teacher’s notes: students may want to use a graphic organizer to weigh the push and pull factors.
Task 2:
Investigate
What is the process for immigrating to Canada? What other affairs will Preeta have to organize before the move?
Teacher’s notes: possible paths of investigation may be the application process to immigrate legally, the transfer of nursing credential, and barriers to immigration.
Task 3:
Communicate
Discuss with the class whether you think Preeta should immigrate to Canada. Have your peers brought any new information to light?
Teacher’s notes: students may benefit from a class debate on whether Preeta should immigrate.
Task 4:
Demonstration of learning
Make a decision as to whether to think Preeta should move. Demonstrate the reasons for your choice in a multimedia presentation.
Jacqueline Currie